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Griffin Claw Brewing Company in Birmingham, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Red Rotating
Score
6.94
ABV: 8.5% IBU: 82 Ticks: 8
Imperial Red IPA brewed with 100% mosaic hops.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle split at L6 at the Tipple's had tasting, picked up from BD online, 17/04/19. Hazed reddish amber with a decent light beige cap that retains well. Nose is bitter orange, light hop spice, grapefruit, pine needle, straw. Taste comprises red grapefruit, pine needle, caramel, citric tinged straw, candied orange peel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with lightly aggressive hop bitterness. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2020 at 16:17


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Hazy orange. Caramel, candy, stale hops, marmalade, sweet, some alcohol, bitterish finish.

Tried from Can on 22 Jul 2019 at 15:52


7

Tried on 25 May 2019 at 23:06


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can shared at the Columbus tasting 17/04/2019. Many thanks! A light hazed caramel brown colourd pour with a halo og tan head. Aroam is toffee, pine, biscuit, red malts. Falvour is composed of medium sweet, biscuit, toffee, tobacco, pine, jammy fruits. Paalte is medium sweet, moderate carboantion, . Nice.

Tried from Can on 06 May 2019 at 13:06


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can shared in London - cheers to Colin. Pours mostly clear red-gold with a creamy, off-white head. Big pine and ripe citrus character. Full bodied, oily, with fine carbonation. Rich finish. Not bad.

Tried from Can on 28 Apr 2019 at 21:36


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

17th February 2019
Level 6 bottleshare. Thanks to Cloin for the can. Hazy amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth and semi dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Smooth light malts, a little creamy sweetness, more rye like spicy tang. Smooth cooling pine. Spicy ripe citric peel. Spicy bitterish semi dry finish. Tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Apr 2019 at 13:53



8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16 ounce can into tulip glass; no can dating, but was just released. Pours slightly hazy deep orange/copper/light reddish color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big red grapefruit, mandarin orange, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, blueberries, citrus peel/rind, light peppercorn, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, light roast, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big red grapefruit, mandarin orange, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, blueberries, citrus peel/rind, light peppercorn, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, light roast, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of red grapefruit, mandarin orange, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, blueberries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, light roast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 9%. Overall this is an excellent imperial red. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the ABV with the mellowly bitter/drying finish, not aggressive. Well attenuated, not overly sweet/heavy for the ABV. Awesome Mosaic showcase. Very juicy and fairly dank/earthy hop complexity; great balancing malt backbone. Mild residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A very enjoyable and impressive style example.

Tried from Can on 08 Dec 2018 at 04:02